Express Sculpture course and workshop for students from sister universities in the framework of EU4ART
Express Sculpture course and workshop for students from sister universities in the framework of EU4ART
Express Sculpture course and workshop for students from sister universities in the framework of EU4ART
Time: First semester: 15th – 26th of November 2021
Second semester: 11 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
Location: Hungarian University of Fine Art
Our university has organized several projects in the framework of the Eu4art Alliance program. Through analog and traditional techniques such as photography, printmaking, cyanotic, and bronze casting, our teachers aimed to increase the understanding of the creative thinking of image, space, and art.
DIMENSIONAL CHANGES – A workshop dealing with the process of bronze casting
How do we enter / exit the field of fine art? How does an idea become objectified, transformed into sculpture? During the course, students search for the answers to these questions and investigate the boundaries of two and three dimensions through special sculptural techniques. The participating students will shift from flatness to volume with the sculptural means of metal casting, metalworking, and the utilisation of the lost-wax technique. The sculptural processes involve the dimension of time as well, ranging from the temporary to the permanent. The two-week symposium will help students in learning about the various possibilities of the lost-wax metal casting technique that has been used in sculpture and object-making for thousands of years, as well as in mastering the technical processes. Bronze casting with the lost-wax technique still plays a significant role in creative metal casting and among the various modern plastic constructions of the 21st century. Within the framework of the course, students will learn about this complex technique and its specific possibilities, from the preparation of individual wax samples and molds to the creation of finished casts. Depending on the planned theme of the course, this can be supplemented by the inclusion of various combustible materials, such as nickel cells, paper, and 3D prints.
Lectures: Géza SALLAI sallai.geza@mke.hu
Number of students: 3 students / partner institution
Representation of the symbol of freedom in the public spaces of Budapest
The two-week mobility programme of the Sculpture Department is built around the question of the representation of historical narratives in the field of public sculpture from a critical gaze. At first, through exploring public sculptures in Budapest, we will analyse the possibilities of public representation of the symbol of freedom. What are the connections between the idea of freedom and the representation of historical narratives commissioned from positions of power? How have the different layers of meaning of certain public sculptures (e.g. the Statue of Liberty) changed over time and how can we relate to this phenomenon today? In guided tours at Budapest, we will explore motifs of freedom, setting free, liberation and oppression, as well as possible relationships between power, the individual and the community, in order to find answers together. At the second part, building on these experiences, we will create reflections in the studio in the form of visual designs and models. We will study about the question of scale in monumental sculpture, the physical and symbolic relationship between sculpture and its surrounding (built) space, and the foundations of public space design. In addition to conceptual design and learning about a pinch of local culture, this exercise can provide sculpture students an important experience for thinking and designing on a large scale and in public space.
Leader: Margit Koller; contact: kollereu4art@mke.hu
Number of students: 3 students / partner institution
